Word: rose
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week the new boy got blood ed, but he gave nearly as good as he got. During a convoluted debate about changing the rules on cloture- the power to stop filibusters-Alabama's pro-filibuster Senator James Allen rose to say: "Mr. President, a parliamentary inquiry." Traditionally, the presiding officer gives Senators a chance to speak their piece, but Rockefeller ignored Allen, even though the Senator twice more raised...
...race against Daley. Said the Republican: "If I can't be elected alderman of the 47th Ward, it's impossible for me to be elected mayor." He called Daley's victory "the ultimate in precinct power. They could have elected a gorilla." Don Rose, a leader of the antimachine Democrats and former publisher of a community newspaper, added more fairly: "The man is an institution. He has a unique and special relationship with the city that borders on the religious...
...when the six-month transition period designed to prepare ex-Presidents for private life officially ended, Nixon seemed in reasonably good spirits, almost jaunty, at a farewell party for departing aides. That left the staff still on his federally allotted payroll at five, including Secretary Rose Mary Woods. Also on hand are four volunteer associates, like former Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler, who perform a variety of chores even though they are now off the federal payroll...
Though inflation continued at an annual rate of more than 14% during 1974's final quarter, the monthly rise in the cost of living began slowing noticeably; the consumer price index rose by one percentage point or less in October, November and December. In January the CPI'S rate of rise tapered to 0.5% for a compound annual inflation rate of "only" 6.2%-the lowest since April of last year. Reason: food prices, a major component of the CPI, peaked in November and have been easing since...
...applicant pool rose to a total of 2805, an increase of nearly 400 over last year, despite a 5300 increase in tuition and board...